[AT] rain; now Grain Drill

[John Hall]

Herb,
I've been using Century spring lately---they have  a lot of stock springs 
but nothing to fit my application. I checked on getting some customs made 
but the price is about half what a factory conversion to dual springs would 
be. So I opted to replace teh old ones with new ones and increase the amount 
of tension. I'll shorten my maximum travel by 1 inch but if I push the 
opener up that much, something else is probably already broken.

Back when we could afford to full till farm none of this was a problem. Just 
a minor drawback to no-till, I still prefer it over tillage though.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] rain; now Grain Drill


> John
> It has been many decades since I have been around a grain drill; so my 
> thoghts may be ??
> Have you checked any spring mfgers as to what standard, reasonably priced, 
> springs they stock or mfgr that may be of interest to you?     Or what 
> spring mfgr they recommend in case they do not mfgr the type/size spring 
> you are needing?
> Herb
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] rain
>
>
>> We got a ltitle over a 1/2" yesterday. About 30 miles from me got 2.5". 
>> That 1/2" will really help the wheat which has just started showing 
>> heads. Gonna be a short crop--saw some heads that aren't a foot off the 
>> ground.
>>
>> Getting ready to plant beans in about 3-4 weeks--not a fun task when you 
>> are in a drought. I have been having problems getting the row openers in 
>> the ground when it is dry. After some "testing" we determined my springs 
>> have gottten considerably weaker compared to new ones. I ordered all new 
>> springs and we are going to add a little more tension to each spring. If 
>> that doesn't work I'll have to buy a double spring unit for each row 
>> opener---That will cost me about $1,000 to convert the drill over. We 
>> have already added all the weight to the drill we can. I can get the 
>> coulters in but the row openers are another story.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>>